I forget the context, but on Sunday's (6/4/17) ABC TV "Sunday Morning with George Stephanopolus," guest Al Gore said: "There's a saying in Tennessee that if you see a turtle on a fence post, it didn't get there itself."

These photos were taken on 5/31/17. After the second photo (nose at about 28 inches above ground) this snapping turtle made a sideways move and then went back down...but may have considered my appearing/leaving three times in its risk management calculation (to get a camera, to photo from one side, and then from the other). So not a stretch to say it could have continued on over to that little seasonal pond. Or, had he fence included a suitable post, there would have been a pause there on top.
What are those sticky animals attached to the top of the shell just right of the turtle's tail? (The one appearing larger in the photo had extended and flattened somewhat when touched.)

Saw a snapper walking away from the pond in Patterson Park, several years back. It was heading to the Bay.
Two ways to pick one up. A stout stick placed in front of it, usually it will bite it, and it won't let go as long as it is in danger..
Second is a bit bolder you can grab them by the end of their tail, the very end. They can't quite reach far enough to bite.
The one I returned to the pond I did both the stick and tail grab.
Carapace on that turtle was maybe 18" about 10 lb

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I forget the context, but on Sunday's (6/4/17) ABC TV "Sunday Morning with George Stephanopolus," guest Al Gore said: "There's a saying in Tennessee that if you see a turtle on a fence post, it didn't get there itself."

These photos were taken on 5/31/17. After the second photo (nose at about 28 inches above ground) this snapping turtle made a sideways move and then went back down...but may have considered my appearing/leaving three times in its risk management calculation (to get a camera, to photo from one side, and then from the other). So not a stretch to say it could have continued on over to that little seasonal pond. Or, had he fence included a suitable post, there would have been a pause there on top.
What are those sticky animals attached to the top of the shell just right of the turtle's tail? (The one appearing larger in the photo had extended and flattened somewhat when touched.)

edit: more badly, and possibly lying...maybe I won't pay ransom on my 1% utilized account that promised free hosting when I opened it, and for the last decade or so.